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List of events
Events from the year 1955 in Japan .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 28 –
Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.[
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February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku,
Yokohama , total 99 person were death.[
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February 27 -
1955 Japanese general election
April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.[
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April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) ) begins broadcasting.
April 16–17 - Abe
coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in
Sasebo ,
Nagasaki Prefecture , resulting tn 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.
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April 21 - Opening of
Gokō Station
May 11 -
Shiun Maru disaster
May 14 - According to
Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the
Kitakami River in
Iwate Prefecture , resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.[
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July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach,
Tsu ,
Mie Prefecture .[
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September 3 -
Yumiko-chan incident
November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in
Akabira, Hokkaido , official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.[
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November 15 -
Japan Liberal Party and
Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.[
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Establishment of
Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park
Births
January 13 -
Ran Itō , actress
January 15 -
Mayumi Tanaka , voice actress
January 17 -
Mami Koyama , voice actress
January 20 -
Hiromi Ōta , singer
January 22 -
Keiko Takahashi , actress
January 28 -
George Tokoro , television personality and singer-songwriter
February 12 -
Ai Satō , voice actress
February 13 -
Akiko Yano , singer-songwriter
March 2 -
Shoko Asahara , cult leader (
Aum Shinrikyo ) (d.
2018 )
March 16 -
Jiro Watanabe , boxer
March 20 -
Mariya Takeuchi , singer-songwriter
April 5 -
Akira Toriyama ,
Manga artist
April 7 -
Akira Nishino , soccer player and manager
April 13 -
Hideki Saijo , singer and actor (d.
2018 )
April 15 -
Ryūtarō Nakamura ,
Anime director (d.
2013 )
April 23 -
Fumi Hirano , voice actress and essayist
April 29 -
Yūko Tanaka , actress
May 9 –
Masayuki Kakefu , former professional baseball player
May 24 -
Rumiko Ukai , voice actress
May 25 -
Suguru Egawa , baseball player
May 26 -
Masaharu Morimoto , chef
May 30 -
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII ,
Kabuki actor (d.
2012 )
June 1 -
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu ,
sumo wrestler (58th
Yokozuna grand champion)
June 26 -
Yoko Gushiken , boxer
July 1 -
Sanma Akashiya , comedian and actor
August 20 -
Agnes Chan , television personality
August 30 -
Mayumi Muroyama ,
Manga artist
September 4 -
Hiroshi Izawa , actor
September 24 -
Shinbo Nomura ,
Manga artist
October 18 -
Hiromi Go , singer
October 19 -
LaSalle Ishii , television personality
October 21 -
Yasukazu Hamada , politician
October 29 -
Etsuko Shihomi , actress
November 3 -
Yukihiko Tsutsumi , film director
November 14 -
Koichi Nakano , bicycle rider
December 9 -
Asashio Tarō IV ,
sumo wrestler
December 16 -
Chiharu Matsuyama , singer-songwriter
December 24 -
Mizuho Fukushima , politician
Deaths
See also
References